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  • Profile View on iPhone and More in ForeFlight 13.8

    Our September release features support for Profile View on iPhone, a layer selector for the Track Log Review flight metrics, and support for additional aircraft types in Runway Analysis. Profile View on iPhone Profile View is now supported on iPhone, giving you a side-on view of your route along with terrain, obstacles, airspace, and forecast…

  • Performance Profile bias enhancements and expanded Runway Analysis support in ForeFlight 13.7

    Our August release features a new capability to select from multiple climb and descent performance profiles, multiple climb and descent performance profiles for some aircraft, and more aircraft types supported for Runway Analysis! Edit Climb & Descent Performance Profiles Increase the accuracy of time and fuel calculations by adjusting climb and descent performance profiles to…

  • What’s New in ForeFlight Dispatch (December 2020)

    Dispatch has continued receiving update after update this summer and fall, expanding its capabilities and feature set even further to help flight departments operate more efficiently. Check out our last two blog posts to learn about previous Dispatch enhancements. Editable Flight Releases Flight planners in Dispatch can release new flights to pilots in one of…

  • What’s New in ForeFlight Dispatch (May 2020)

    We’ve continued updating Dispatch since the last post to expand its capabilities even further, with new highly-requested features like Custom Airports, global RAIM prediction, expanded map layers, and more. Custom Airports Unlock flight planning to and from any location you want by defining your own custom airports that can be used just like regular airports.…

  • What’s New in ForeFlight Dispatch (February 2020)

    Since launching late last year Dispatch has already gained numerous new features and workflow improvements to help flight departments plan, collaborate, and monitor flights more efficiently. From flight attachments and more prominent weather information to flexible crew assignments, change tracking, and more, every week brings significant enhancements, and we’re not planning to slow down any…

  • ForeFlight Unveils Advanced Collaborative Flight Planning for Teams of Any Size; Signs with Flexjet

    Dispatch is an add-on to ForeFlight’s Mobile and Web application that equally empowers pilots, flight planners, and ops managers in flight departments big and small to collaborate and plan flights with greater efficiency and precision. Flexjet signs on as the inaugural customer, adopting Dispatch to complement its longtime use of ForeFlight Mobile on the flight…

  • ForeFlight First Flight Deck App to Support New Apple iPad Pro

    We are excited to report that ForeFlight is the first flight deck app to support native resolution for the new 11-in Apple iPad Pro. ForeFlight is optimized to take advantage of the iPad Pro’s new A12X Bionic processor, powerful new graphics processor, and larger edge-to-edge 11-inch diagonal Liquid Retina display. Our co-founder and CEO, Tyson…

  • ForeFlight Trip Assistant, a Door-to-Door Flight and Fuel Stop Planner

    From owner operators to large charter operations – trip planners will wonder how they ever lived without Trip Assistant ForeFlight now offers customers Trip Assistant, a simple-to-use planning tool for anyone involved in mission planning that quickly computes door-to-door trip time. Trip Assistant is an enhancement to ForeFlight’s advanced web-based flight planning toolset. Trip Assistant…

  • Mobile Pre-Departure Clearance and Digital ATIS Available in ForeFlight

    ForeFlight now offers customers mobile Pre-Departure Clearance (PDC) and Digital Automated Terminal Information Service (D-ATIS). The PDC service, in partnership with Satcom Direct, automatically delivers, via text and email, departure clearance information at over 70 of the busiest airports in North America, simplifying operations and reducing frequency congestion. PDCs are official text clearances issued for…

  • Historical Winds and Longer Range Forecast Winds Now in ForeFlight

    ForeFlight customers now have access to more winds aloft data for more accurate long term flight planning. Seven Day Winds Forecast The winds aloft forecast data in ForeFlight now extends up to seven days in the future (previously 30 hours), giving you more accurate route performance calculations for flight plans within that timeframe, anywhere in…